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Venezuela searches for missing after landslide in Las Tejerias; 43 dead

Rescuers worked to clear rocks and mud from the streets of a north-central city in Venezuela on Tuesday, three days after it was hit by a massive and deadly landslide

Graft convictions extend ex-Myanmar leader Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 yrs

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two more corruption charges, with two three-year sentences

Biden vows 'consequences' for Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ cuts output

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday there will be consequences for Saudi Arabia as the Riyadh-led OPEC+ alliance moves to cut oil production

Bank of England expands emergency effort to stabilise financial markets

The Bank of England expanded its emergency effort to quash upheaval on financial markets unleashed by the government's plan to slash taxes, saying fluctuations in bond prices posed a material risk

Delta Air Lines says it's investing $60 million in air taxi developer

Delta Air Lines says it has invested $60 million in a startup that hopes to build electric helicopter-like air taxis to ferry passengers to the airport.

US Justice department asks court to deny Trump plea over FBI search

The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court to steer clear of a legal fight over classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate

Venezuela, South Korea, Afghanistan lose vote for UN rights body

Venezuela, South Korea and Afghanistan lost contested races for seats on the top UN human rights body in Tuesday by the General Assembly

Smashing success: Nasa's 'save-the-world test' strike results in big nudge

A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said in announcing the results of its save-the-world test

UN, G7 decry Russian attack in Ukrainian cities as possible war crime

Russia showered Ukraine with more missiles and munition-carrying drones after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in an attack the UN described as amounting to potential war crimes

Japanese automaker Nissan says it is pulling out of Russia amid war

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. said on Tuesday that it plans to sell its Russian operations to its local partner and withdraw from manufacturing there

IMF lowers growth outlook for 2023 global economy to 2.7% amid Ukraine war

The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy for 2023, citing a long list of threats that include Russia's war against Ukraine, chronic inflation pressures

At 97, Malaysia's former leader Mahathir Mohamad to contest in elections

Malaysia's 97-year-old former leader Mahathir Mohamad announced he will defend his seat in the general elections expected next month

Hong Kong to implement UN sanctions on Russian-owned superyach, not US ones

Hong Kong's John Lee said he will only implement UN sanctions, after the US warned the territory's status as a financial center could be affected if it acts as a safe haven for sanctioned individuals

28 dead as Hurricane Julia drenches Central America with heavy rainfall

Now a tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua

Alarmed UN meets after Russian strikes kill nearly 14 people in Ukraine

The UN General Assembly started debating whether to demand that Russia reverse course on annexing four regions of Ukraine, a discussion that came after Moscow's most extensive missile strikes

Former Fed chair Bernanke shares Nobel economics for research on banks

With their research in the early 1980s, the laureates laid the foundations for regulating financial markets and dealing with financial crises, the panel said

Kyiv, multiple Ukrainian cities hit by Russian missiles at rush hour

Russia unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities on Monday, smashing civilian targets including downtown Kyiv where at least eight people were killed

China imposes fresh lockdowns as Covid-19 cases surge after holiday

Many in China hope the pandemic policy will ease after the meeting

Malaysian PM Ismail Yaakob dissolves Parliament, calls for early elections

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Parliament will be dissolved on Monday, paving the way for general elections that are expected to be held in early November

German expert panel proposes 2-stage energy subsidy to ease high rates

A government-appointed expert panel is proposing a two-stage system for distributing up to 200 billion euros ($195 billion) in subsidies Germany has announced to ease the strain of high energy prices